The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-16
THE CARS NARROW ESCAPE
Brief Semi-0flicial Statement as to the
Latest Attempt to Take His Life.
The Would-Be Assassins Captured with Bombs
and Grenades in Their Iands-The Car
Saved by Sudden Change in Route.
SEEKING THE CARS LIFE.

SEEKING THE CARS LIFE.
Several Persons Captured with Bombs in |
Their Hands-Many Arrests Being Made
LONDON, March 15.-It is semi officially an |
nounced that on Sunday the police were |
informed that an attempt might be made upon |
the life Of the Gear, on the anniversary OF the |
death OF his father, Alexander II. Acting upon
the suggestion thus put forth, the police exer-
cised unusual vigilance The suspicious actions
OF several persons standing near the Antchkin
palace attracted the attention of the police,
who arrested the suspected men before they
could conceal the fact that they held in their
hands hand gTenades and bombs, which they
were prepared to throw at the Gar when he
should pass on his way to the cathedral. There
is still much excitement in the city and the
police and military are extraordinarily alert.
Arrests Of suspected persons are CT almost
hourly occurrence.
The st. Petersburg Official Messenger pub
fishes the following statement: '.The Gear and
family attended the requiem service in memory
of the Gar Alexander III on Sunday afternoon,
and half an hour later started for Gatschina.'
The paper makes no me ntion of any unusual in
cident having occurred in that day since.
The Russian embassy at London refuse to-day
70 give any information respecting the truth or
falsity of the report that an attempt on the
Cars life was made last Sunday in ST. Peters
burg.
The Paris Intransigeant Henri Rochefort's pa
per- states that several persons have been ar
rested in st. Petersburg charge of engag-
ing in a conspiracy against the life Of the Gear,
last Sunday. The paper adds that as the Gar
was passing along thorouchfare on his way co
attend the services in commemoration of the
death of his father, bomb was thrown at him,
but for some reason it failed to explode and
that the persons arrested were concerned in the
assassination plot
The Russian embassy in London has received
dispatches confirming the reports of tine dscov-
cry Of plot to assassinate the Gear and the
rest Of the ringleaders. These dispatches say
that no actual attempt was made to kill the Gar.
as the plot had been discovered before he left
the palace. The British government has re-
ceived dispatches TO the same effect from the
British ambassador at St Petersburg
A dispatch from ST. Petersburg to the Stand
nrd says that one of the six students arrested
In connection with the plot carried hollow
book containing bottle filled with dynamite
and poisoned bullets The others had parcels
and bags containing bombs. The dispatch also
says it is alleged that woman was arrested who
had bomb concealed in her muff.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg to the Daily
News says while the Gar was returning
from the requiem services in the Cathedral of
St Paul, bomb attached to a cord was thrown
in his direction. The intention was to tighten
the string which was connected with the mechan-
ism. and thus explode the bomb, but before it
could be executed the criminal and suspected
accomplish were seized. It was found that they
lived together in lodging house in suburb Of
the city TIE police visited the house and dis
covered there a quantity of explosives and a
number of revolutionary pamphlets. Over two
hundred persons have been arrested in connec-
zion with the affair. The German police had
warned the Russian authorities that attempt
was to be made against the Cars life, but the
after failed to trace the plotters."
A telegram from Vienna confirms the News's
dispatch, and says that the bomb thrown
under the Cars carriage, and that it was shaped
ike book, so that it could be carried in the
hands without exciting suspicion.
The Times's st. Petersburg dispatch says the
route Of the proposed journey of the Gear te
and from the cathedral, Sunday, was crowd
ed with people, and the houses gaily decked with
flags, streamers, ETC. Before the police force
which was to guard the route left the fortress
the chief of police telesraphed to the palace
that grave suspicious existed that the Gar,
assassinators would be assembled, and advised
that change be made in the route
his Majesty would take. Acting upor
QlsDatcl. OffcarS n
household made the change and the imperial car
rage was driven to the cathedral by way of tn
Neva quay, thus avoiding a passage directl,
through the city. This circumstance undoubt
eddy saved the Cars ife special council wa
held on Sunday night, which was presided owe
by the Grand IKE Vladimir. The man VIII
threw the bomb under the carriage while tn
Gar was returning from the cathedral was al
ragned before the council. but he refused to tall
and was taken back to the fortress, where he
with his companions in crime, is now confined
The persons arrested Indignantly deny tina
they are in any way connected with the outrage
and repudiate any idea Of conspiracy Thei
motto is, they say, THE People: With the GA
or Against the Gar" They have published
Autographs periodical composed of extract
rom the works of notable writer's on consti.r
tional law and political economy The statute
of the society obliged all the members to join, a
the signal of the Chief in doing their utmost t
subvert the existing govern m ent and establish
constitutional government.
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ALSACE-LORRAINE
Kepressive Measures viii BE Enforced Re
cause of Prevalent Anti-German Feeling.